#arma3_scripting | ARMA | Page 247

vital onyx Jul 19, 2016, 6:59 PM

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when I am bored I just read the commands descriptions

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one by one

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:00 PM

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I said bored, not masochistic

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😛

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 7:00 PM

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I hate to say it but being taught works, reading doesn't for me. Just teh way I'm built.

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:00 PM

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I get that

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It's why I have a degree in applied sciences 😛

vital onyx Jul 19, 2016, 7:00 PM

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I am the product of Soviet schools, so I need written documentation

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:00 PM

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lol

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 7:00 PM

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haha

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:00 PM

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That bad, huh?

vital onyx Jul 19, 2016, 7:01 PM

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that's awesome I believe

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even video tutorials do not work for me, as pace usually differs much

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:01 PM

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I honestly can do both, but I find textbooks boring, and quite often they lack practical examples

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Kinda like the Arma wiki...

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@frail trout Ready to get a bit more advanced?

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I created the earplugs script with a global variable.

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 7:04 PM

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I am I just want to have everything setup as described

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:04 PM

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We can use that variable later to display an icon

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 7:04 PM

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Oh yes, that'd be cool

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:05 PM

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Let me know when you're set up and I'll get into it more.

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In my mission, I've got a HUD display that I use for that. There are various ways to do it, but mine works, and if I can show you how to do it, you can create pretty much any custom HUD element you want.

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Like minimaps and such

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 7:08 PM

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that would be excellent as I'm graphic designer by trade and would be in my element

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:08 PM

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I'm allergic to graphic designers.

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 7:09 PM

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why because we're all dickheads?

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:09 PM

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No, because you're not real coders 😛

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 7:09 PM

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Oh well, you're referring to web designers

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I understand the differences between this and markup language

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:09 PM

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Yeah, sorry. In my field, they're interchangeable.

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 7:09 PM

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They are, I'm both.

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Is it worth me showing you everything I have so far to ensure everything is correct, thus far?

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:10 PM

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Why the hell not... let's see some pastebin links

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 7:10 PM

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Pastebin or on here?

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Yeah cool one sec

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:10 PM

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We can judge your work as a community 😛

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 7:12 PM

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shitt...

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:13 PM

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I mean, why have 1 teacher when you can have 1,000?

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😛

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 7:16 PM

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Description.ext
http://pastebin.com/2y0XCLg9

initPlayerLocal.sqf
http://pastebin.com/B9EGUwQb

functions.hpp
http://pastebin.com/B0kSSH7S

zealous solstice Jul 19, 2016, 7:18 PM

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503_fnc_keyDown is nil

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wrong path in config

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:19 PM

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oh

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 7:19 PM

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what's the wrong path?

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:19 PM

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i see what you did there

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you don't specify the filename in the path

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just the folder it's in

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        tag = "503";
        class general {
            file ="\guerilla-ops\earplugs\fn_earplugs.sqf";
            class keyDown {}; //keyDown function
        };
    };```

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 7:20 PM

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oh so get rid of "fn_earplugs.sqf"?

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:20 PM

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Not exactly

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Do you want your general keydown function to only handle earplugs?

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I wouldn't recommend it

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 7:20 PM

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Ohhh I see. Well for the time being,

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Actually no, because I cant expland on that

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:21 PM

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Right, but for scalability...

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Yeah

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So, maybe just put it in the guerilla-ops folder

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what is your root file named?

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guerilla-ops?

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 7:21 PM

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yup

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right I need to rename this script to something more apt.

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what did you call it originally? keyDown?

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:22 PM

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well, keyDown works

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yeah

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Same as the EH

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 7:22 PM

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cool one sec

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:23 PM

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keep in mind, you can have multiple scripts referenced under the "general" class in cfgFunctions

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        tag = "503";
        class general {
            file ="\guerilla-ops";
            class keyDown {}; //keyDown function
            class keyUp {}; //keyUp function
            class function1 {}; //function1 function
        };
    };
};```

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even at that, I'd recommend putting your general class functions into a folder called general

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Like: missionRoot\functions\general

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 7:27 PM

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okay so keyDown.sqf is now in mission root. and yes I've replaced all instances of 'TAG' with something personal to me, just so I can get the hang of things

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:27 PM

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        tag = "503";
        class general {
            file ="\functions\general";
            class keyDown {}; //keyDown function
            class keyUp {}; //keyUp function
            class function1 {}; //function1 function
        };
    };
};```

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Then that would be what you want

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 7:28 PM

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okay

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:28 PM

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again, assuming you move keyDown.sqf to guerilla-ops\functions\general

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 7:29 PM

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errr, can we keep it in the root for this example?

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:29 PM

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sure

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file=""

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 7:29 PM

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I'll also move the general fuctions later on

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:30 PM

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Sure

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it's really just a matter of organizing files and pointing your paths to the right location

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 7:30 PM

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Yeah completely appreciate that

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But as much as I'm enjoying tthis bicuit, I don't want to bite too much off at once and choke. I've got a very singular line of focus

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:31 PM

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Meh, if you need anything repeated or clarified, we're all here to help

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 7:31 PM

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appreciate that

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so as far as I am aware this stuff is actually ready to go or rather, ready to test

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:32 PM

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Fire it up 😛

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 7:32 PM

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brb

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:33 PM

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Assuming everything was written correctly, you should just have to hit F1 to insert/remove earplugs, with a hint to confirm

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(Man, I sure hope I wrote the script I gave you correctly...)

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 7:35 PM

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hahahaha yeah I'll let you know in two

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:35 PM

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At least if there's an error in my code, I know how to fix it

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 7:39 PM

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I'm not actually getting anything, no fuctionality, no errors...

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F1 does what it usually does with the menus

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:39 PM

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So the script isn't being called

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did you add your event handler?

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Yeah, I see it there

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erm

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ok

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functions.hpp

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you have cfgFunctions defined multiple times?

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Instead of ```class cfgFunctions {

#include "taw_vd\CfgFunctions.hpp"
#include "ais_injury\cfgFunctionsAIS.hpp"
#include "taw_vd\GUI.h"

class RscTitles {
#include "ais_injury\dialogs\rscTitlesAIS.hpp"
};

class 503 {
    tag = "503";
    class general {
        file ="\guerilla-ops\earplugs\fn_earplugs.sqf";
        class keyDown {}; //keyDown function
    };
};

};```

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You want class cfgFunctions { class 503 { tag = "503"; class general { file ="\guerilla-ops\earplugs\fn_earplugs.sqf"; class keyDown {}; //keyDown function }; }; };

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if taw_vd\cfgFunctions.hpp has a cfgFunctions class defined, you'll want to merge it with our new cfgFunctions

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rscTitles belongs in its own hpp or in the description.ext file

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I'd have to see the contents of the first three files to honestly tell you what to do with them

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 7:44 PM

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ahh that's a ballache, can't be handing you that much effort

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:45 PM

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Or

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You could

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😛

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 7:45 PM

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would this be easier if I zipped it all up for you

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:45 PM

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yes

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Yes it would

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 7:46 PM

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I'll do that and send you a link then

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:46 PM

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Send us all a link

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You might get a sudden influx of attack dogs in your mission, but at least you'll get help as well 😛

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 7:47 PM

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I did not think about all of the easter egs that may appear

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:47 PM

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Erm, have you met the arma scripting community

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???

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We can't take anything seriously

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 7:48 PM

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hahaha

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https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5Zt5ye3yoLKdHp5Ukl4WnN4TFk/view?usp=sharing

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:48 PM

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New feature: "Inserts earplugs; dies."

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Hint: "You're allergic to earplugs!"

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 7:51 PM

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DO IT.

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with like a 1 in 1000 chance

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:51 PM

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Ooooh

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Now yer thin'in

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Insert earplugs, RNG rolls, if 1, you're hit by lightning

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 7:52 PM

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YES

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:52 PM

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oh man

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In the dogfight mission I helped write, my claim to fame is "Rearm Lightning"

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Your jet gets hit by lightning periodically and it rearms your ammo

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Because why the hell not

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 7:53 PM

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ohh thats so cool

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:53 PM

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That mission is up, if you ever want to check it out

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 7:53 PM

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I'll find it on the wrokshop now

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:54 PM

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Oh, not on the workshop

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just in server browser

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search [FOR] Aerial Dogfight

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 7:54 PM

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ohhhh

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:56 PM

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I need to revisit the AI pathing on that one sometime soon...

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 7:58 PM

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just in case its of any relevance the other scripts that are now referenced in functions.hpp do work

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:58 PM

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I'm just about done here

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This frankenstein mission is taking me a minute to get through all of the stuff you're trying to include 😛

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 7:59 PM

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hahahaha I've always been a try hard dude

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 7:59 PM

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Good

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If you don't try hard, you didn't succeed well enough.

final sparrow Jul 19, 2016, 8:00 PM

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I should pass that line of advice to the developers at my job. Har har.

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 8:01 PM

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I've just always hated that term

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What's wrong with trying hard?

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I do it every day; seems to work for me.

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Well, I get an error from your mission.sqm

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 8:02 PM

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really!? I don't..?

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 8:02 PM

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Item147.type: Vehicle class CBA_ModuleDefend no longer exists

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 8:02 PM

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do you have CBA installed?

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 8:03 PM

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I do not

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 8:03 PM

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forget about it. Just me trying to get AI to defend buildngs etc

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 8:05 PM

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https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9oyrFuUQeJuUXVFei11Yk5RcGc

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Try that?

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 8:07 PM

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okay

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can you rememeber what folder the pbos go into?

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I cannot.

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 8:09 PM

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documents/arma 3 - other profiles

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at least that's where mine are when I host MP

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Don't worry, it won't work

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sec

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 8:13 PM

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lol

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 8:13 PM

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I did screw up my script

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Forgot to init the global variable before checking it in a condition

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Cuz I'm a goddamn noob

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almost there...

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 8:43 PM

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Ok so

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There is a conflict

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 8:43 PM

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okay

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 8:43 PM

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init_ais already has a keydown event handler

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 8:44 PM

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can't belive you've spent so much time on it - I'm sorry!

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 8:44 PM

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Don't be

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I volunteered

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So, we have two solutions

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Add the earplugs script to keyUp EH

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or

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_this call TAG_fnc_keyDown gets added to the current EH

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I just tested the latter successfully

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Also, for some reason, Arma didn't like it when the earplug var started with a number

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so I changed it back to TAG

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 8:46 PM

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oh fair enough

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 8:48 PM

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https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9oyrFuUQeJuU0ZVSDk5SGhHaVE

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Those conflicts are why I like to write everything from scratch

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Let me know if that works for you

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 8:49 PM

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Well we can't all be clever like you lol

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 8:50 PM

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I only started in Arma a year ago

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I've only written 3 missions

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Just takes practice and a whole lot of failure

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Also, don't feel too bad for the time I spent. Some of it was spent refilling my drink or checking on my kids

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 8:52 PM

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well its appreciated

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 8:52 PM

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no problem

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 8:52 PM

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I need to sort my head out, It seems that pbos don't work in the arma 3 - other profiles / *** / MPMissions folder

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 8:52 PM

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do you have pbo manager?

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 8:53 PM

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I'm sure theres another location so I will look into it now

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Not at the moment, getting one now

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 8:53 PM

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also, are you hosting MP, or just single player?

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 8:53 PM

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hosting MP to test as it'll be on my server for friends soon

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 8:53 PM

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hm, that just worked for me

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 8:54 PM

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I didn't actually restart arma. maybe why

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 8:55 PM

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Shouldn't need to

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https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9oyrFuUQeJuZmQ5a0xlNGZneDQ

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ZIP

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try extracting that into your folder

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 8:57 PM

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Ah cool

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Okay cool so that works!

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 9:00 PM

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😄

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 9:00 PM

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Now to find where the code is for that key press readout and nuke it

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 9:00 PM

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You'll probably want to comment out my debug system chat

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yeah

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it's in fn_keydown.sqf

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the systemChat line

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 9:01 PM

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sorted

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 9:01 PM

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but if you want a key's DIK code without having to look it up, then convert to decimal, it's pretty handy

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 9:02 PM

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yeah, just commented it out rather than deleted it!

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 9:02 PM

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noice

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 9:03 PM

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Thanks ever so much for the help on that.

I'm going to do a little more reading up on respawning etc as currently on repawn, I actually lose members of that particular unit and take conrol of another member rather than simply reviving the original member

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*respawning, not reviving (at the end)

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 9:03 PM

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Yeah, when you die, it creates a new unit and assigns you to it

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iirc

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my system is built on that principle

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when you die, it sets your respawn time to a huge number

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if you get revived, it reduces that number, spawns you, then sets your position back to the old unit's position

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Effectively, it looks like you were there the whole time

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 9:05 PM

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except different kit or do you fix that too?

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 9:05 PM

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well

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my system is special

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I have custom classes in my new mission

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Medic, Engineer, Rifleman, Gunner, Sniper, Pilot

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 9:06 PM

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ohhh okay, a la battlefield

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 9:06 PM

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I assign properties to each of them, so my revive system checks for the right properties in order to work

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Well, a la joint ops, so I'm told, but yeah

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 9:06 PM

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ah fair enough

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have you any misions youve made I can try out besides the dogfight?

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 9:07 PM

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erm

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 9:07 PM

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I can't fly anything for shit

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 9:07 PM

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I have my alpha test up atm

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[FOR] Battlezones

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I could join you in there if you want to take a look

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 9:08 PM

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yeah of course, you can give me the grand tour

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 9:08 PM

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You're gonna shit a brick

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😛

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Took me 4 months to write what I have so far

frail trout Jul 19, 2016, 9:08 PM

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I like bricks, I'm from Manchester. I grew up throwing them.

winged thistle Jul 19, 2016, 9:08 PM

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lol

dark shadow Jul 20, 2016, 8:20 AM

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HI guys, i am not sure if this is the right spot, but,... i have an Invade and Annex pbo and in that mission they've stated that you have to be a PILOT to fly an aircraft. After extracting the file and loading it up into the editor, where would i be able to deactivate this requirement so that anyone can use an aircraft?

tough abyss Jul 20, 2016, 8:23 AM

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depends on how the script was implemented.

dark shadow Jul 20, 2016, 8:23 AM

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hmm

tough abyss Jul 20, 2016, 8:23 AM

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extract the pbo and upload it somewhere. I will look into it.

dark shadow Jul 20, 2016, 8:24 AM

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ok

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you do NOT want the pbo rigt?

tough abyss Jul 20, 2016, 8:25 AM

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not the pbo. just the extracted folder

dark shadow Jul 20, 2016, 8:25 AM

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k

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it's uploading, will send you the link 😄 (no rush though, doesnt have to happend today/tonight)

tough abyss Jul 20, 2016, 8:28 AM

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Morning gents, I was wondering if it were possible for a script to write a ban to the Battleye ban.txt file?

queen cargo Jul 20, 2016, 8:30 AM

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in short: no
in long: yes

tough abyss Jul 20, 2016, 8:52 AM

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wouldn't that be a major security issue?

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yes, it would. However it would make BASIX work better because all it does now is kick/ban to the lobby and not off the server

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BASIX allows multiple admins online at once

rancid ruin Jul 20, 2016, 9:43 AM

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i'm gonna release a big pack of fonts for arma, anyone got any (legal) requests for fonts?

queen cargo Jul 20, 2016, 9:45 AM

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hf @tough abyss https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/serverCommand

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yes @rancid ruin
a tool to convert a font to an ArmA font

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any docs available on this topic? never searched ...

rancid ruin Jul 20, 2016, 9:47 AM

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S:\steam\steamapps\common\Arma 3 Tools\FontToTGA\FontToTGAGUI.exe 😃

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docs, no, but i can pastebin a config

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just when you use the GUI app, restart it every time you select a font. it'll fail silently if you convert a font, then try and do another one. or if you select a font then change your mind.

queen cargo Jul 20, 2016, 9:49 AM

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https://forums.bistudio.com/topic/179963-tutorial-import-font-on-arma-3/
found a tut

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and some docs about the fxy stuff

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/FXY_File_Format

rancid ruin Jul 20, 2016, 9:51 AM

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nice, i'll have a read through and see if i'm doing it correctly

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if you ever try it, i suggest getting FontForge cos some fonts need editing

tough abyss Jul 20, 2016, 9:52 AM

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@rancid ruin Is there a way to have illegal requests for fonts?

rancid ruin Jul 20, 2016, 9:53 AM

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typefaces are intellectual property so i'm not arma-ing anything which doesn't have an appropriate license

queen cargo Jul 20, 2016, 9:53 AM

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what you mean with editing?

rancid ruin Jul 20, 2016, 9:55 AM

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you need to make sure they're true type i think, also may need re-encoding

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some other stuff too, i found a load of nuances doing different fonts

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like i think it will just silently fail if you have non-latin characters in the font's metadata, like author

queen cargo Jul 20, 2016, 9:57 AM

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so what would be needed is a proper tool to convert them with just one step

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instead of 20 steps and the tools provided by BI

rancid ruin Jul 20, 2016, 9:58 AM

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that'd be nice yeah but it's not much work once you've written one config, just copy/paste mainly

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being able to do multiple fonts at once would be nice but i don't think many people are doing 50+ fonts like me

rancid ruin Jul 20, 2016, 10:37 AM

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what does the VM stand for in execVM? virtual machine?

halcyon crypt Jul 20, 2016, 10:48 AM

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execVM is the same as spawn but with files

rancid ruin Jul 20, 2016, 10:51 AM

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yes but what does VM stand for? i'm asking the important questions

halcyon crypt Jul 20, 2016, 11:16 AM

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VM stands for scheduled then I guess

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the scheduler is the "VM"

open vigil Jul 20, 2016, 1:17 PM

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@rancid ruin there's a font called "1942" it has similar clones, but would be nice to see.

rancid ruin Jul 20, 2016, 1:20 PM

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the monospaced, typewriter-esque typeface?

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i can't find it released with an actual named license anywhere

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https://www.fontsquirrel.com/license/1942-report hmmm

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GNU Typewriter was one of the first fonts i arma'd, pretty similar and comes with a proper license https://fontlibrary.org/en/font/gnutypewriter

open vigil Jul 20, 2016, 3:24 PM

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It gives a nice "old timey" militaristic feel

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I wrote a short story for a friend, based in Chernarus, with that font.

rancid ruin Jul 20, 2016, 4:16 PM

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i'll stick it in the pack and try to contact the author of the typeface

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it seems to be hosted on every free font site so i doubt it'll be an issue

golden whale Jul 20, 2016, 4:23 PM

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Alright, let my newbness be known to the scripting world

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How do I add a script to a PBO? I have the script, and I have the mission that I want to use it in

rancid ruin Jul 20, 2016, 4:25 PM

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do you want to add the script to a mod, or mission?

golden whale Jul 20, 2016, 4:25 PM

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A mission

rancid ruin Jul 20, 2016, 4:26 PM

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what script? pastebin.com it

golden whale Jul 20, 2016, 4:27 PM

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In what way? XD It looks like it has a couple of them

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Okay, it is the Close-Air-Support-Field-System-v04b

native hemlock Jul 20, 2016, 4:28 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Functions_Library_(Arma_3)#Adding_a_Function

rancid ruin Jul 20, 2016, 4:29 PM

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Close Air Support Field System by JW Custom, from armaholic, which has installation instructions on the download page?

native hemlock Jul 20, 2016, 4:29 PM

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Or that ^ if it came with instructions

golden whale Jul 20, 2016, 4:30 PM

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Well, yeah, but it isn't my mission, I was thinking of adding it to an already existing PBO

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Wasn't sure if that applied the same way

rancid ruin Jul 20, 2016, 4:30 PM

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i'd try the step by step numbered installation instructions first tbh, then come back if you run in to trouble

golden whale Jul 20, 2016, 4:31 PM

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ALright, thanks for the patience XD

rancid ruin Jul 20, 2016, 4:44 PM

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does anyone know of a tool for generating documentation for functions?

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e.g go through my CfgFunctions definition, list function names, go through function files, add header comments

native hemlock Jul 20, 2016, 4:44 PM

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https://github.com/CBATeam/CBA_A3/wiki/Generating-documentation

rancid ruin Jul 20, 2016, 4:45 PM

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jesus do you have all this stuff on your clipboard 24/7

native hemlock Jul 20, 2016, 4:45 PM

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No I just remember

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(not the link, just where it is)

rancid ruin Jul 20, 2016, 4:47 PM

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three dependencies is a bit much for me

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not to badmouth cba's techniques though

native hemlock Jul 20, 2016, 4:48 PM

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I guess it's also not completely what you want

rancid ruin Jul 20, 2016, 4:52 PM

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it's close, just a few too many hoops to jump through

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maybe now is a good time to practice my node.js

tough abyss Jul 20, 2016, 5:01 PM

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what about this?

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_exportFunctionsToWiki

rancid ruin Jul 20, 2016, 5:04 PM

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i was literally just about to test that but i don't hold out much hope

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yeah it's a bit...messy lol http://pastebin.com/RUvDJvm5

tough abyss Jul 20, 2016, 5:15 PM

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i wouldn't say its messy, it's just explicit made for the wiki

rancid ruin Jul 20, 2016, 5:16 PM

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yeah it's just XML being XML

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i think i'll just write something in node and use this https://www.npmjs.com/package/extract-comments - i only really want to extract block comments anyway. cheers for the ideas though

frail trout Jul 20, 2016, 11:08 PM

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@rancid ruin, regarding typefaces. Anything from the Google font repository - you'll be able to use all of them. If you need recommendations (I'm a designer so I know my fonts) Just message me!

young dagger Jul 21, 2016, 12:13 AM

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Anyone who might know...

dusk sage Jul 21, 2016, 12:46 AM

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Maybe 💩

rancid ruin Jul 21, 2016, 4:19 AM

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@frail trout i think i've already got about 10 or so typefaces from google in there, mainly display fonts

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feel free to make some suggestions, i'll release the pack once there's 50 or so fonts in there i think

frail trout Jul 21, 2016, 7:54 AM

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Bit of help if possible? I notice that in Zeus there's a module called 'Scenario name' which when entered displays any text with a nice animation on the center right of the screen. I'm after that but would rather hard code it on a trigger for instance or on entering the server after a time delay.

Is anyone aware of this scenario title function? I'd also like to display more text without the title styling after it that fades away too. Any tips or hints in the right direction?

open vigil Jul 21, 2016, 7:59 AM

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That's a question I wondered about myself. Manc 😉

fringe smelt Jul 21, 2016, 7:59 AM

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I am not gay

open vigil Jul 21, 2016, 8:02 AM

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is there something we can help you with spudbrain?

frail trout Jul 21, 2016, 8:06 AM

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Did you just refer to me as, Manc?

open vigil Jul 21, 2016, 8:07 AM

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Haha, didn't you say you grew up throwing bricks in Manchester ? 😉

frail trout Jul 21, 2016, 8:08 AM

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Correct. I'm testing to see whether you picked that up lol. Where you from yourself?

open vigil Jul 21, 2016, 8:09 AM

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😉

frail trout Jul 21, 2016, 8:10 AM

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I'm afraid I'm not seasoned enough to know what city has more than one cathedral.

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Oh aye? Only round the corner, so to speak

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So @open vigil, what makes you a veteran on here?

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Not asking for your qualifications, I'm merely interested

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Ah cool, that's awesome

lone axle Jul 21, 2016, 9:42 AM

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@frail trout that might be BIS_fnc_typeText

frail trout Jul 21, 2016, 9:44 AM

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@lone axle, I should have attached screenshot: http://imgur.com/a/9ftpl

lone axle Jul 21, 2016, 9:45 AM

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yeah that's typeText

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_typeText

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can do a fair amount of styling with it

tough abyss Jul 21, 2016, 9:55 AM

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placing that heliports there is a major security issue when your planes are starting/landing lol

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(just for realism)

frail trout Jul 21, 2016, 10:30 AM

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Yeah I know, it's just a training/staging ground for a few friends who I'm 'teaching' ARMA to soon! lol

lone glade Jul 21, 2016, 10:57 AM

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not only that but people will have to run on the runway (no pun intended) to get to it

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also, if you want to remove the zeus watermark you can do alt shift backspace

frail trout Jul 21, 2016, 11:06 AM

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Yeah I get that but its not gatwick, and it's just helis and vtols of which all can take off vertically.

there's an A-10 just out of shot though haha.

If I was doing it properly they would be on the right hand side next to the taxi lane. But as we're just doing it to train we bunched everything together.

thin pine Jul 21, 2016, 12:23 PM

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I am proably late to the party but while browsing the wiki...I am amazed with some names BI gives to their commands: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getShotParents 😄

lone glade Jul 21, 2016, 12:36 PM

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don't worry, googling some things is ankward as a dev

tough abyss Jul 21, 2016, 1:23 PM

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lmao MrSanchez

frail trout Jul 21, 2016, 2:51 PM

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of faaack lol

dusk sage Jul 21, 2016, 4:08 PM

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Is anyone aware of a quick method to check if some vehicle/weapon etc is part of a DLC?

lone glade Jul 21, 2016, 4:44 PM

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check if the weapon / vehicle has a DLC = entry using getText, if it does it'll return the CfgMods entry of the mod

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example
getText (configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> "yourClassname" >> "DLC")

dusk sage Jul 21, 2016, 4:53 PM

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I must've missed that scrolling through the config, cheers 👍

high vigil Jul 21, 2016, 7:43 PM

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Need documentation on vanilla revive system

vital onyx Jul 21, 2016, 7:52 PM

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write one

high vigil Jul 21, 2016, 7:56 PM

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if i could i wouldn't post on here , if you dont have anything useful to say dont reply

vital onyx Jul 21, 2016, 7:56 PM

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It is just an invintation that you will find one - share it with others

forest jasper Jul 21, 2016, 9:04 PM

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how i can stop remoteExecCall on the jip that i made

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test

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here is my code

KAPU_QBH_JIP = [[],{
    KAPU_QBH_EVENT_ACTION = player addAction ["<t color='#a200dd'>GoGo - Bunny Quad Bike!</t>",{
            player setPos KAPU_QBH_EVENT_POS;
        },nil,98,true,true,"","KAPU_QBH_EVENT == 1"];
}] remoteExecCall ["call", -2, true];

remoteExecCall ["",KAPU_QBH_JIP];
[[],{if(!isNil "KAPU_QBH_EVENT_ACTION") then {player removeAction KAPU_QBH_EVENT_ACTION;};}] remoteExecCall ["call", -2,true];

vital onyx Jul 21, 2016, 10:13 PM

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@forest jasper
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/remoteExec
Example 7

// removes a message identified by "IamUnique" from the JIP queue
remoteExec ["", "IamUnique"];

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I would advise make the action persistent and control its availability via additional public variable you can broadcast

rancid ruin Jul 21, 2016, 10:50 PM

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@thin pine isOnRoad is a marvelous name for a command too when you consider what it means to be "on road" in UK slang terms

glass meadow Jul 22, 2016, 4:03 AM

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As funny named as it is, has anyone been able to use getShotParents correctly? I'm passing the causedby/source object from a hit and handleDamage EH and only getting empty arrays returned. Is it meant to be used somewhere else?

native hemlock Jul 22, 2016, 4:08 AM

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Seems to work for me

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Where were you testing this? (dedicated server, editor, etc)

glass meadow Jul 22, 2016, 4:13 AM

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3d editor, locally hosted mp server. Clearly it's something i'm doing if it's working for you though. Will investigate, thanks.

native hemlock Jul 22, 2016, 4:16 AM

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player addEventHandler ["Fired", {
    params ["_unit", "_weapon", "_muzzle", "_mode", "_ammo", "_magazine", "_projectile"];
    (getShotParents _projectile) params ["_owner", "_instigator"];
    hint parseText format ["owner: %1<br />instigator: %2", _owner, _instigator];
}];

I ran that in the editor and it just hints my player object twice

glass meadow Jul 22, 2016, 4:18 AM

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Yea that works for me too, but have you tried using Hit or HandleDamage? That's where i'm having issues.

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Figured it could be used to better resolve 'what was I killed by' issues, might not be the case if it can't work within those other EH's though.

native hemlock Jul 22, 2016, 4:51 AM

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Who was shooting you?

glass meadow Jul 22, 2016, 7:17 AM

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attached to an AI, was shooting at them

native hemlock Jul 22, 2016, 5:05 PM

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@glass meadow Did you figure it out? You wouldn't be able to use getShotParents with the Hit or HandleDamage event handlers because they don't give you the projectile as an object

glass meadow Jul 22, 2016, 5:09 PM

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Yea that makes sense. Source for those EH's is a player object not the actual thing in flight as Fired gives you, wiki could be clearer imo. I had much higher expectations for this command though, lol.

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Cheers for clearing that up.

native hemlock Jul 22, 2016, 5:22 PM

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HitPart does give the projectile as an object, but HandleDamage gives you a string of the projectiles classname

tough abyss Jul 22, 2016, 5:57 PM

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quick question, for the 2D editor, how can I have a trigger ignore vehicles/player above a certain altitude?

lone axle Jul 22, 2016, 6:01 PM

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{_x altitude < x } count thislist > 0as a conditional maybe?

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idk if altitude exists, maybe you have to use getpos select 2

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or just use 3den 😛

tough abyss Jul 22, 2016, 6:14 PM

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haha I would if I could, but I can't port Invade and Annex to it. Results in an empty map. Like completely empty

lone axle Jul 22, 2016, 6:32 PM

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change a playable character to player

willow basin Jul 22, 2016, 7:16 PM

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Was there a command to check if the player staying / walking over the water? Got a problem that getPosATL is inaccurate over water while getPosASL is inaccurate on ground ;/

native hemlock Jul 22, 2016, 7:19 PM

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Perhaps this https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/surfaceIsWater

willow basin Jul 22, 2016, 7:20 PM

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perfect. thanks.

tough abyss Jul 22, 2016, 8:59 PM

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@lone axle thank you! That fixed it.

frail trout Jul 22, 2016, 9:17 PM

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Hey guys, could do with some scripting expertise again. Lack of fully working examples means I'm struggling.

I'm trying to sort out a mission intro text utilising BIS_fnc_typeText
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_typeText

Included wiki code below:


    Description:
    Types a structured text on the screen, letter by letter, cursor blinking.

    Parameter(s):
    _this: array containing blocks of text with same structured text formatting

    Remarks:
    * Every text block is an array of text and formatting tag.
    * Blocks don't have to span over whole line.

    Example:
[
    [
        ["CAMP ROGAIN,","<t align = 'center' shadow = '1' size = '0.7' font='PuristaBold'>%1</t>"],
        ["RESUPPLY POINT","<t align = 'center' shadow = '1' size = '0.7'>%1</t><br/>"],
        ["10 MINUTES LATER ...","<t align = 'center' shadow = '1' size = '1.0'>%1</t>"]
    ]
] spawn BIS_fnc_typeText;

*/

#define DELAY_CHARACTER    0.06;
#define DELAY_CURSOR    0.04; ```

I'm thinking this would be best intialised by a trigger, after a short timer so newly spawned players see it after the intial burden of loading etc

As it's an array(?) I'm strugglign to see how to use this like I have other functions.

If I had a working example, I'd understand.

native hemlock Jul 22, 2016, 9:21 PM

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Does this not work?

[
    [
        ["CAMP ROGAIN,","<t align = 'center' shadow = '1' size = '0.7' font='PuristaBold'>%1</t>"],
        ["RESUPPLY POINT","<t align = 'center' shadow = '1' size = '0.7'>%1</t><br/>"],
        ["10 MINUTES LATER ...","<t align = 'center' shadow = '1' size = '1.0'>%1</t>"]
    ]
] spawn BIS_fnc_typeText;

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Or maybe I'm misunderstanding what you mean

frail trout Jul 22, 2016, 9:23 PM

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Is there something script wise that should be before it?

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Because it doesn't work straight in the init of a trigger.

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Which leads me to believe if I shove it in a .sqf file and reference to it, it still won't work.

distant egret Jul 22, 2016, 9:30 PM

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@frail trout just used it in a trigger and it works.

frail trout Jul 22, 2016, 9:31 PM

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really @distant egret!? lol

distant egret Jul 22, 2016, 9:31 PM

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yea, what error do you get?

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also before, make sure this is in front of it, _nill =

frail trout Jul 22, 2016, 9:32 PM

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well that's probably it...

distant egret Jul 22, 2016, 9:32 PM

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yea you need to use a _something = in init fields and triggers when using spawns.

frail trout Jul 22, 2016, 9:34 PM

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Right okay, and just to be sure @distant egret, should I also be inserting this code within the 'on activation' text area of the triger? I assume this is basically init

distant egret Jul 22, 2016, 9:35 PM

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yea, on act runs when the trigger meets his condition

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so when blufor gets in the trigger it runs the on act.

frail trout Jul 22, 2016, 9:41 PM

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@distant egret thanks man. Any idea why it would activate regardless of condition? It's down as activation: bluefor / detected by bluefor.

It activates while miles away from anything?

distant egret Jul 22, 2016, 9:41 PM

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well im guessing you are playng as blufor, so you detected your self 😛

frail trout Jul 22, 2016, 9:42 PM

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wait...

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it should be down as present, shouldnt it?

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if I want a 'walk-thru' trigger?

distant egret Jul 22, 2016, 9:42 PM

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yea present

frail trout Jul 22, 2016, 9:42 PM

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what a dick

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thanks dude

distant egret Jul 22, 2016, 9:42 PM

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no worries 😛

frail trout Jul 22, 2016, 9:46 PM

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@distant egret I swear to god. It's still doing it. There are no playable characters within the area. Nearest ones are 10m away

distant egret Jul 22, 2016, 9:47 PM

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are there any blufor AI in the trigger?

frail trout Jul 22, 2016, 9:47 PM

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nope

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just static prefab objects

distant egret Jul 22, 2016, 9:48 PM

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and the trigger is like this,
type: none
activation: Blufor
activation type: present

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condition: this
on act: your code

frail trout Jul 22, 2016, 9:53 PM

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I must have removed "this" fron within condition. So that fixed that. thanks dude.

Interestingly now I can see the text (as it was executing on the loading screen) it's not the text I was after.

Have you used the Zeus editor @distant egret? There's a utility under Scenario Flow called "operation name" or something similar which prints text in a very different way to BIS_fnc_typeText

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I suppose it's the animation of the text that's different

distant egret Jul 22, 2016, 9:55 PM

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No never used Zeus sorry, but explain what is different with that one.

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is it on the bottom right?

frail trout Jul 22, 2016, 9:56 PM

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it is, And the text animation isn't the typical military digital typing sort. First of all it's silent but it fades letters in block by block in what seems like a random fashion. I'll get a few screnshots for you now.

distant egret Jul 22, 2016, 9:58 PM

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well you can do a lot with BIS_fnc_typeText, you could try and align the text to the bottom right?

frail trout Jul 22, 2016, 10:02 PM

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Like this @distant egret. It's a completely different animation. Not the easiest to capture either. Should have doen a video but y'know - time.
http://imgur.com/a/xpOhm

distant egret Jul 22, 2016, 10:03 PM

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I understand, if you have that mission, open it and look in it 😄 thats the best way to figure stuff out.

frail trout Jul 22, 2016, 10:04 PM

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No its a function within Zeus, otherwise I would have

distant egret Jul 22, 2016, 10:04 PM

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ok

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ok, dug a bit true spawn bis_fnc_moduleMissionName;

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seems to do it

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@frail trout

frail trout Jul 22, 2016, 10:14 PM

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ahhhhhh ace

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@distant egret is that in the on activation area?

distant egret Jul 22, 2016, 10:15 PM

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yea should do

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don't forget _nill =

frail trout Jul 22, 2016, 10:15 PM

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yeah cool

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@distant egret thank ever so much mate. I've been searching high and low for this but obviously with the wrong search terms

distant egret Jul 22, 2016, 10:18 PM

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Tip, never use the internet, dig in the PBOs, what I did is dug in the curator (Zeus) PBOs and looked at the modules 😃

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well never use internet if you know it wont be there ^^

frail trout Jul 22, 2016, 10:18 PM

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ahhhh

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It's referenced in the wiki but has no information regarding making the titles custom which is a shame as it could have been re-used differently elsewhere

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Does, what I wanted anyway!

distant egret Jul 22, 2016, 10:21 PM

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Yea, seen that as well on the wiki, its a community wiki so not everything is documented the right way yet.

vital onyx Jul 23, 2016, 12:05 AM

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Posted a minor update to Arma 3 Mission Skeleton - added predefined HTML colors for use in config
https://forums.bistudio.com/topic/192009-release-arma-3-mission-skeleton-version-12-with-mission-build-script/

lone axle Jul 23, 2016, 10:22 AM

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any advice on how to make BIS_fnc_findOverwatch less of a perfomance killer?

rigid plover Jul 23, 2016, 12:21 PM

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yo guys

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i want AI zombies to climb over some ramparts

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like at 19:00 in this video

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFl3frXkTBY

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my AI zombies just stop before the rampart and don't run over?

rigid plover Jul 23, 2016, 1:22 PM

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?

tough abyss Jul 23, 2016, 3:19 PM

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Anyone else getting cfgweapons.burst no entry error when launching the server with a mission that was edited in Eden?

jade abyss Jul 23, 2016, 3:39 PM

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1 setOvercast 0.9; 
0 setFog 0.05; 
forceWeatherChange; 
999999 setFog 0.05;
setWind [-1000, -1000, true];

5/7 - would add to mission

rancid ruin Jul 23, 2016, 3:59 PM

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lol does such high wind actually work yeah? i need to test this

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i'll tell you in a minute

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hahaha yeah it send the trees mental

jade abyss Jul 23, 2016, 4:05 PM

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Almost

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I sat myself in a Chopper

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Turned on Adv. Flight

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Insta Air 😄

rancid ruin Jul 23, 2016, 4:06 PM

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nowhere near flat, but bendy enough to remind me of mushrooms http://i.imgur.com/kphRtdS.png

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i saw a video of some wind hack in dayz, it was even worse than this, had me in stitches

austere granite Jul 23, 2016, 7:32 PM

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Does anyone know the actionKeys entry for deploying bipod? It's not in here: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/inputAction/actions/bindings

Please use @austere granite if you know answer 😃

velvet merlin Jul 23, 2016, 7:51 PM

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@austere granite they are listed in config space - so search in AIO config

native hemlock Jul 23, 2016, 8:40 PM

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@austere granite Try deployWeaponAuto or deployWeaponManual

austere granite Jul 23, 2016, 8:41 PM

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Will do

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Merci

zenith totem Jul 23, 2016, 10:22 PM

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23:09:50 Error in expression <n {
_objDoors = getNumber("CfgVehicles" >> (typeOf _obj) >> "numberOfDoors");
if>
23:09:50   Error position: <>> (typeOf _obj) >> "numberOfDoors");
if>
23:09:50   Error >>: Type String, expected Config entry
23:09:50 File mpmissions\__CUR_MP.Tanoa\core\utils\fn_lockDoors.sqf, line 28
23:09:50 Error in expression <n {
_objDoors = getNumber("CfgVehicles" >> (typeOf _obj) >> "numberOfDoors");
if>
23:09:50   Error position: <>> (typeOf _obj) >> "numberOfDoors");
if>
23:09:50   Error Generic error in expression
23:09:50 File mpmissions\__CUR_MP.Tanoa\core\utils\fn_lockDoors.sqf, line 28

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Anyone got any idea how to fix that at all

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Line of code is this:

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_objDoors = getNumber("CfgVehicles" >> (typeOf _obj) >> "numberOfDoors");

native hemlock Jul 23, 2016, 10:28 PM

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You are missing configFile, so that should be

_objDoors = getNumber(configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> (typeOf _obj) >> "numberOfDoors");

zenith totem Jul 23, 2016, 10:28 PM

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Of course, now I feel like an idiot lol

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Thanks xD

rigid plover Jul 23, 2016, 10:30 PM

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i want AI zombies to climb over some ramparts
like at 19:00 in this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFl3frXkTBY
my AI zombies just stop before the rampart and don't run over?

opaque topaz Jul 23, 2016, 11:13 PM

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does anyone know how to use the new stackable EH in arma 3 'EachFrame'?

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not sure if I need to call it using addMissionEventHandler or addEventHandler

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oh wait it's on this wiki page: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers/addMissionEventHandler#EachFrame

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so I'm guessing it's a mission Eh

native hemlock Jul 23, 2016, 11:16 PM

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addMissionEventHandler would be the way to go

halcyon crypt Jul 23, 2016, 11:26 PM

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is there a way to test whether a command exists?

native hemlock Jul 23, 2016, 11:30 PM

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Do you want to manually check the command yourself, or looking for a way in general to check?

halcyon crypt Jul 23, 2016, 11:31 PM

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both, I guess?

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I just want to know if command X is available which is only available in dev/1.64

native hemlock Jul 23, 2016, 11:33 PM

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If you type it into debug console and hit F1 it will show you information about the command, and if nothing pops up you know that the command doesn't exist

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I believe I saw another way to check within a script, but I'll have to dig around for it

halcyon crypt Jul 23, 2016, 11:33 PM

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should've mentioned that I want to check it in a script 😃

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as to not throw an error if someone isn't running a version that doesn't have that command

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@native hemlock isNil {someCommand} seems to work 😄

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it does execute the command though :/

native hemlock Jul 23, 2016, 11:49 PM

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I definitely remember seeing a commit to CBA or ACE by @little eagle that I believe had an isNil check for canSuspend to tell what version of the game was being used, but I'm unable to find the commit or the syntax used

normal citrus Jul 24, 2016, 12:37 AM

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I'm using this to get every vehicle class name in my mission. The problem is it returns the full path to the vehicle class. How do I return an array of just the class name? _car = "((configName _x) isKindOf 'car')" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgVehicles");; copyToClipboard str _car; What I get is this: bin\config.bin/CfgVehicles/I_Truck_02_ammo_F What i'm looking for is this: I_Truck_02_ammo_F

native hemlock Jul 24, 2016, 12:49 AM

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I'm on mobile so I can't really format properly but the following should work

_car = ("((configName _x) isKindOf 'car')" configClasses (configFile >> "CfgVehicles")) apply {configName _x}; 
copyToClipboard str _car;

queen cargo Jul 24, 2016, 12:56 AM

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VTOLs are currently crap ...

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ArmA2 solution with "enable"/"disable" auto-hover was WAY better then this crap

normal citrus Jul 24, 2016, 12:58 AM

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@native hemlock I will try that and let you know. Thank you for the response.

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@native hemlock It worked perfectly, thank you.

vivid eagle Jul 24, 2016, 1:05 AM

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Hi guys is there a way to use attachTo on a players vest or backpack instead of their character model?

tranquil crane Jul 24, 2016, 1:50 AM

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Having an issue spawning RHS Indy chernorus Ground Forces in Enemy Occupation System. Here is the script I wrote for them null = [["EOSinf_1"],[3,1],[2,3],[0,0],[0],[0],[0,0],[5,1,350,GUER,TRUE]] call EOS_Spawn;

native hemlock Jul 24, 2016, 2:02 AM

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@vivid eagle Not to my knowledge, but you can attach it with an offset and to a memory point that the backpack or vest also uses. This post will some more detailed information about attaching with offsets and memory points http://killzonekid.com/arma-scripting-tutorials-attachto-and-setvectordirandup/

tranquil crane Jul 24, 2016, 2:53 AM

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nvm solved my issue. Was just looking at an outdated tutorial.

opaque topaz Jul 24, 2016, 3:56 AM

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I'm confused as to how serverCommand works. Do I need to execute it from a UI EH if it's executed on the server or on an HC?

tame portal Jul 24, 2016, 4:26 AM

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either put it behind a button

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or use

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with uiNamespace do {};

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the latter one works fine on dedicated servers

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@opaque topaz

opaque topaz Jul 24, 2016, 5:25 AM

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ok thx a lot the wiki docs a lil confusiing on that

dark shadow Jul 24, 2016, 6:58 AM

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Hi guys, i am editing an Invade and Annex mission and have discovered that you can reserve UNIT spots. So people with a specific ID can only use certain Roles. I was wondering if anybody could help me make it work for my server?

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I am kinda new to this, and would appreciate any help.

split coral Jul 24, 2016, 7:49 AM

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@halcyon crypt You can use productVersion to check the game build and branch for example.
Or to check if a command exists use supportinfo : if (count supportinfo "u:diag_captureframe SCALAR" > 0)
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/productVersion
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/supportInfo

halcyon crypt Jul 24, 2016, 9:10 AM

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Thank you, I'll go with productVersion since it seems lighter than supportInfo 😃

vivid eagle Jul 24, 2016, 10:30 AM

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@native hemlock Thanks - thant's what i tried first but there doesn't seem to be a way tget the attached object to follow the the leaning of the body. Will keep trying.

cedar nebula Jul 24, 2016, 10:38 AM

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does somebody have a script that adds light effects to beacons like the ones that are on the offroad

jade abyss Jul 24, 2016, 1:26 PM

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hm.. is player addEventHandler ["HandleDamage", {true}]; kinda broken? iirc, you can disallow damage by it, correct?

half hornet Jul 24, 2016, 1:26 PM

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Ive been trying to use a damage handler for my building mod, hasnt worked for me

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It runs fine

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just doesn't, negate damage like I told it to.

jade abyss Jul 24, 2016, 1:28 PM

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Same here. Sends over the correct Data, but you can't negate it...

half hornet Jul 24, 2016, 1:28 PM

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Okay, so its not just me

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I was going to say.

native hemlock Jul 24, 2016, 1:31 PM

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Have you tried returning false instead of true?

jade abyss Jul 24, 2016, 1:31 PM

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Yep, both

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also tried: 0 ^^

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and _this set[2,0];

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It changed the part correctly, but still -> dead.

half hornet Jul 24, 2016, 1:32 PM

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yep, haven't found a solution.

jade abyss Jul 24, 2016, 1:39 PM

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However it will fire with "HandleDamage" EH added alongside stopping unit from taking damage addEventHandler ["HandleDamage",{0}];
From:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#MPHit

Arma 3: Event Handlers

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Also doesn't work...

barren magnet Jul 24, 2016, 2:24 PM

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Giving back 0 from a function call that is fired from the event handler works fine for me

jade abyss Jul 24, 2016, 2:30 PM

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Example?

quiet bluff Jul 24, 2016, 2:33 PM

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i want to re creating the captive script from the apex mission in apex keystone

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but i cannot find how

barren magnet Jul 24, 2016, 2:41 PM

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@jade abyss player addEventHandler["handleDamage",{_this call fancy_fnc_handleDamage;}];

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and in that handleDamage function

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0;

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well basicly i process the data given by _this and do some things but at the and the new damage value is given back, and that works like charm for me

jade abyss Jul 24, 2016, 2:43 PM

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Did that, didn't worked.

barren magnet Jul 24, 2016, 2:46 PM

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What the heck ... but exacly that works perfecly for me

jade abyss Jul 24, 2016, 2:52 PM

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D41D_Test = {_Test = 0; _Test};
player addEventHandler ["HandleDamage",        {_this call D41D_Test}];``` 
Nope

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player addEventHandler ["HandleDamage",        {_this call D41D_Test;}];```
Also nope. @barren magnet Are you sure, that it works?

zealous solstice Jul 24, 2016, 2:57 PM

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then something overwrite your handleDamage

jade abyss Jul 24, 2016, 2:57 PM

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Vanilla A3 stuff, nothing loaded. Thats the interesting thing oO

zealous solstice Jul 24, 2016, 2:58 PM

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player addEventHandler ["HandleDamge", {0}];
player  addEventHandler ["HandleDamge", {1}];
```

jade abyss Jul 24, 2016, 2:58 PM

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Nothing in the mission, nothing in the Serverfiles.

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Just re-checked it again

zealous solstice Jul 24, 2016, 2:58 PM

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just add a handledamage after some min and than check the index

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if the index is higher than 1 than you handledamage get overwritten

jade abyss Jul 24, 2016, 2:59 PM

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But what could cause that?

zealous solstice Jul 24, 2016, 3:00 PM

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Revive

jade abyss Jul 24, 2016, 3:00 PM

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Rly?

zealous solstice Jul 24, 2016, 3:00 PM

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yes

jade abyss Jul 24, 2016, 3:00 PM

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oh my...

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thx alot

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o7

rancid ruin Jul 24, 2016, 3:40 PM

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@queen cargo "VTOLs are currently crap ...
ArmA2 solution with "enable"/"disable" auto-hover was WAY better then this crap"

I agree, the VTOLs had this ability a few months ago, is there a way to script the functionality back in?

normal citrus Jul 24, 2016, 6:18 PM

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is there a way to see what diaglogs are currently active?

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I keep getting a random icon appearing on my screen.

native hemlock Jul 24, 2016, 6:30 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/allDisplays
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/allControls

rocky cairn Jul 24, 2016, 6:31 PM

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Is there a command to have an ai search for and pick up a weapon off the ground?

west lantern Jul 24, 2016, 8:18 PM

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@dark shadow here utilize this by creating initPlayerLocal.sqf in your mission root and pasting this http://pastebin.com/N1sFPhWZ into the file. Rebuild the mission pbo after it. Also add variable names of the reserved units into _reserved_units = []; array and add their UIDs to _reserved_uids = []; array.

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credits to Kahna , ref > https://forums.bistudio.com/topic/170686-whitelisting-slots/#entry2667355

crystal zodiac Jul 25, 2016, 9:59 AM

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Hello to all

They are not very expert in editing and I'm learning ; I would have a problem that I can not even identify.

Virtually in a script I have a call to another script that I precompiled in init ;
when the call is made , starts the second script and complete as it should , but once done, rather than return to the first script and continue
from after the call , it starts the same script and not the beginning, but by about half .
In the second script , there are no loops .
I can not understand why , if there is need I can post here of the scripts or the entire files .

Thanks in advance
Sorry for bad english

velvet merlin Jul 25, 2016, 10:33 AM

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post the rpt log file

crystal zodiac Jul 25, 2016, 12:29 PM

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14:25:19  Mission file: prova_eli_rico
14:25:19  Mission world: Stratis
14:25:19  Mission directory: C:\Users\Riccardo\Documents\Arma 3 - Other Profiles\{BDR}1C%2eM%2e%2aArco%2a\missions\prova_eli_rico.Stratis\
14:25:19 EPE manager release (0|21|0)
14:25:21 Attempt to override final function - bis_functions_list
14:25:21 Attempt to override final function - bis_functions_listpreinit
14:25:21 Attempt to override final function - bis_functions_listpostinit
14:25:21 Attempt to override final function - bis_functions_listrecompile
14:25:22 Attempt to override final function - bis_fnc_missiontaskslocal
14:25:22 Attempt to override final function - bis_fnc_missionconversationslocal
14:25:22 Attempt to override final function - bis_fnc_missionflow
14:25:22 Save game type
14:25:23  Mission id: a7af929700136182bfc49f9880bfc83d80971260```

meager granite Jul 25, 2016, 12:30 PM

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Did you want to start second script parallel to first one?

crystal zodiac Jul 25, 2016, 1:04 PM

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No, First run then stop until call the second, then continue when second as finished

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I use second script by other script ( in main project)

placid trellis Jul 25, 2016, 1:11 PM

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Did anyone try to compile c++ extension on VS2015?

tough abyss Jul 25, 2016, 1:12 PM

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Yeah it works fine, why?

placid trellis Jul 25, 2016, 1:14 PM

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I compile a simple dll, but callExtention returns just ""

tough abyss Jul 25, 2016, 1:15 PM

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Make sure you are compiling it as 32bit

Check battleye isn't blocking the extension if you are testing on a client.
If you testing it on another machine, check you have vc2015 redist installed 32bit version.

Otherwise you are making a mistake i.e dll in wrong location (not in mod foldier/arma3 root directory) or a coding mistake

placid trellis Jul 25, 2016, 1:17 PM

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May be wrong configuration? http://puu.sh/qdP2d/95c7beeac4.png

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Yep, you right, I disable BE and it's working

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How can I fix it to work with BE?

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Or, more impotantly, will it work on server with enabled BE?

fallen locust Jul 25, 2016, 2:18 PM

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also make sure you have DllMain entry point
And it will work server side with BE enabled or Disabled

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but to get it work on clients you "need" to whitelist it with BE

rigid plover Jul 25, 2016, 2:28 PM

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i want AI zombies to climb over some ramparts
like at 19:00 in this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFl3frXkTBY
my AI zombies just stop before the rampart and don't run over?

placid trellis Jul 25, 2016, 2:29 PM

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Ok, thanks!

signal maple Jul 25, 2016, 3:55 PM

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Hey guys .. long time tinkerer here but have come across a problem. I'm using R3F logistics and trying to pass a credits value to the init of an object in the mission.sqm but it doesn't seem to see it .. anyone got any advice ?

native hemlock Jul 25, 2016, 4:29 PM

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I know nothing about R3F logistics, but what does the line in the init of the object look like?

signal maple Jul 25, 2016, 5:24 PM

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init = [this, 200, west, "LIGHT"] execVM "R3F_LOG\USER_FUNCT\init_creation_factory.sqf"; ( I want to change the 200 to a variable called R3F_LOG_CF_credits but when i put that in it doesnt pick it up)

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and I've set R3F_LOG_CF_credits in the mission init via a missionNamespace setVariable

native hemlock Jul 25, 2016, 5:57 PM

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That would be your problem then, the object's init is executed before the init.sqf is executed

signal maple Jul 25, 2016, 7:54 PM

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ahhhh ...anyway around that ?

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name the object and run an external script on it I suppose

barren magnet Jul 25, 2016, 8:28 PM

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Or you waitUntil the object is loaded, sleep for 5 sec or something and then execute the other things

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or yes name the object and run a external script in the mission file

pliant tangle Jul 25, 2016, 9:35 PM

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Anybody have experience with getting ArmA2NetMySQL or extDB3 to work? specifically callExtention returing empty strings, did have ArmA2NetMySQL working but that's gone intermittant, sometimes works sometimes doesn't

spice arch Jul 25, 2016, 10:06 PM

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Hey guys, anyone know how to remove the miniguns from the ghost hawks? I'm able to remove the ability to use the gun and the ammo but the minigun model stays. I want it to either be a static seat position or if possible add in a FFV position from the window.

jade abyss Jul 25, 2016, 11:00 PM

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not possible, without fkn around in the model (wich is not possible/legal)

halcyon crypt Jul 25, 2016, 11:01 PM

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isn't https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/removeWeaponTurret supposed to do that?

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at least to remove the miniguns

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never tried it but I've seen it before somewhere

subtle ore Jul 25, 2016, 11:06 PM

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Anybody know what I am doing wrong here? ''' this addEventHandler["Killed",[
_Soldier1 = _this select 0;
_Soldier 1 = _this select 1;
"_Soldier1 killed _Soldier2" remoteExec["globalChat", -2];

]
]
];''' Seems like the eventhandler is triggered. But nothing becomes of the globalChat execution.

halcyon crypt Jul 25, 2016, 11:07 PM

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wrong quotes, should be the '~' key 😃

subtle ore Jul 25, 2016, 11:08 PM

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Yes sorry, I was trying to use the code block feature for discord. Didn't seem to work. Besides that?

pliant tangle Jul 25, 2016, 11:08 PM

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_Soldier 1 = _this select 1;

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this is invalid

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space between soldier and 1

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also should be _Soldier2, but you know that

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then you'll need to use format

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format ["%1 killed %2", _Soldier1, _Soldier2]

halcyon crypt Jul 25, 2016, 11:09 PM

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no I meant to get the code block in discord working properly 😄 swap ''' with 3x tilde key

subtle ore Jul 25, 2016, 11:10 PM

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@pliant tangle Alright. Weird how that got messed up. Thanks for that.

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@halcyon crypt Lol.

pliant tangle Jul 25, 2016, 11:10 PM

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😃 np

subtle ore Jul 25, 2016, 11:15 PM

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"Error undefined variable in expression "this" line 1"

tranquil crane Jul 25, 2016, 11:26 PM

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Looking for a group forming script much like some wasteland and koth servers. Found a few on armaholic but just not sure about them. Any suggestions on what script i should choose?

native hemlock Jul 25, 2016, 11:33 PM

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You could try this https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Dynamic_Groups

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@subtle ore how and what are you adding the event handler to?

tranquil crane Jul 25, 2016, 11:39 PM

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@native hemlock thats perfect looking. Thanks again

subtle ore Jul 25, 2016, 11:42 PM

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@native hemlock I'm adding the event handler to each player.

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@native hemlock I'm just executing the script on the player using the execVM command.

spice arch Jul 25, 2016, 11:48 PM

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@halcyon crypt I used that to disable the guns, but the models remain

native hemlock Jul 25, 2016, 11:57 PM

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@subtle ore You would want to add that event handler to "player" then instead of "this". Also, I think you would need to surround your code with {} instead of [], so it would look like this.

player addEventHandler ["Killed", {your code}];

pliant tangle Jul 25, 2016, 11:58 PM

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if you want it to run for each player then put it in init.sqf

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if ( ! isDedicated ) then {}

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if you put it on every player, with player addEventHandler it'll add multiple times for each person

dusk sage Jul 25, 2016, 11:59 PM

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or just in the dedicated player inits 😃

pliant tangle Jul 25, 2016, 11:59 PM

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you can also do : this execVM "blah.sqf" - if (_this == player), but that's fiddly

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BoGuu: Huh? that a new thing in A3?

dusk sage Jul 26, 2016, 12:00 AM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Event_Scripts

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Also from the wiki globalChat is not global

pliant tangle Jul 26, 2016, 12:00 AM

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ah yes that'd be a good way

subtle ore Jul 26, 2016, 4:28 AM

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@dusk sage you'd still be able to use remote exec with global chat yes?

dusk sage Jul 26, 2016, 4:33 AM

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yep

signal maple Jul 26, 2016, 2:57 PM

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hey guys ... can you have multiple addEventHandlers for "killed" or do they overwrite ?

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I need to run several bits of code following an enemy AI death

vital onyx Jul 26, 2016, 3:13 PM

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@signal maple yes you can

signal maple Jul 26, 2016, 3:15 PM

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thats great. Just need to understand why it isnt firing then 😦

buoyant heath Jul 26, 2016, 3:36 PM

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Because they're only mostly dead? There’s a big difference between mostly dead and all dead.

signal maple Jul 26, 2016, 4:14 PM

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I'm sure that a bullet in the head, after ragdolling means that they are dead 😃

tranquil crane Jul 26, 2016, 4:47 PM

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that would do it

strong shard Jul 26, 2016, 6:41 PM

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hello, addOwnedMine work?

barren magnet Jul 26, 2016, 7:24 PM

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Yes it does work pretty well

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player addOwnedMine mymineobject;

strong shard Jul 26, 2016, 7:26 PM

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magic... does not work for me 😄

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dont work for me: _bomb = createMine ["SatchelCharge_F", ASLtoAGL getPosASL player, [], 0];
player addOwnedMine _bomb;
player action ["TouchOff", player]; mb my game is broken?

quiet bluff Jul 26, 2016, 8:35 PM

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how do i make animation work in senario ?

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it work only if i put it in the debug console?

quiet bluff Jul 26, 2016, 8:53 PM

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UNIT playmove "AmovPercMstpSrasWrflDnon_Salute"; UNIT disableAI "ANIM"

little eagle Jul 27, 2016, 4:47 AM

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Pennyworth - letzten Sonntag um 01:49 Uhr
I definitely remember seeing a commit to CBA or ACE by @little eagle that I believe had an isNil check for canSuspend to tell what version of the game was being used, but I'm unable to find the commit or the syntax used

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Yeah. isNil {canSuspend} to check if 1.58 was used. I saw the method in vanilla with isNil {is3DEN}

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(damn discord)

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it's probably better to use productVersion select 2 though

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@strong shard addOwnedMine is still broken

thin pine Jul 27, 2016, 11:26 AM

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For some reason I can't remember but EachFrame EHs don't execute on dedicated environment right? Only on hasInterface, yeah?

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Makes sense to me since servers don't really draw frames...but having a brainfart atm

solar geode Jul 27, 2016, 11:35 AM

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That's only the case for Draw3D EH.

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DS/HC still run simulation, each simulation "tick" is a "frame".

thin pine Jul 27, 2016, 11:37 AM

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hmm

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Good thing I asked then...saves me some code

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cheers

solar geode Jul 27, 2016, 11:39 AM

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👍

signal maple Jul 27, 2016, 11:45 AM

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guys - noob scripter here .... why can't I get this to fire? says _x is undefined - I thought Arma3 took _x as anything

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while {true} do
{

if (_x isKindOf "Man") then {
    _x addEventHandler ["killed", {_this call KREM_fnc_enemyKilled} ];
//diag_log "killed AI";
};
sleep 10;

} foreach AllUnits;

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I'm putting this in my server init

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sorry for being a noob 😃

lone glade Jul 27, 2016, 11:46 AM

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_x is a magic variable used in apply, foreach, select and other places I can't remember

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and for the love of coding, stop using while {true} do loops

signal maple Jul 27, 2016, 11:47 AM

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lol .... told oyu I'm a noob ... how could I get this to fire then

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I need the eventhandler to added "killed" onto all AI that are spawned dynamically

solar geode Jul 27, 2016, 11:52 AM

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You didn't wrap the do block and foreach block correctly
That is not going to do what you want. You're about to add a new EH every 10 seconds, which means in 30 seconds, when you kill a unit that's been there all the time, your code is going to fire 3 times.

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You have:

while {...} do {...} foreach <array>;

You need to make it:

while {...} do {
  {...} forEach <array>
};

signal maple Jul 27, 2016, 11:54 AM

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Thanks @solar geode .... although I tinker with code in Arma I'm not very good

solar geode Jul 27, 2016, 11:54 AM

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However, what you're about to do is highly inadvisable.

signal maple Jul 27, 2016, 11:55 AM

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is there a better way then ... don't want to take up too much of your time

solar geode Jul 27, 2016, 11:56 AM

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If you have CBA, it's quite simple.

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["CAManBase", "killed", {
  <code here>
}] call CBA_fnc_addClassEventHandler;

signal maple Jul 27, 2016, 11:58 AM

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cool .. will try that out !

thin pine Jul 27, 2016, 11:59 AM

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if you don't have CBA and this thing actually works, this may be of use: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers/addMissionEventHandler#EntityKilled

signal maple Jul 27, 2016, 11:59 AM

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thanks too @thin pine

solar geode Jul 27, 2016, 11:59 AM

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That's actually probably even better. I forgot they added that.

thin pine Jul 27, 2016, 11:59 AM

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From what I understand that's one EH that applies to all entities 😃

signal maple Jul 27, 2016, 11:59 AM

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and it will keep running on all dynamically spawned AI ?

solar geode Jul 27, 2016, 12:00 PM

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You will need the condition you have for isKindOf.

thin pine Jul 27, 2016, 12:00 PM

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Yeah I think so..and you'll need isKindOf to filter out men only yeah

signal maple Jul 27, 2016, 12:00 PM

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cool .. thanks

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baby steps ... baby steps 😃

placid trellis Jul 27, 2016, 12:03 PM

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Hi everyone. It is possible to compile dll ext w/ cygwin or minGW? I really don't like VS 😦

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I tried to do it with -shared flag, but arma does not seem to see dll entry point

velvet merlin Jul 27, 2016, 1:57 PM

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@placid trellis try in #arma3_tools

halcyon crypt Jul 27, 2016, 1:58 PM

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@placid trellis yes, mingw works fine.

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do you get any errors?

placid trellis Jul 27, 2016, 2:43 PM

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@halcyon crypt No, all compiles just fine. Flags are: -std=gnu++11 -shared -o example.dll and my code: https://gist.github.com/swatSTEAM/36ef6a0fabc9fbb5f69bf953d190b26f
It works in VS. I think I should somehow differently handle dll entry point for mingw

torn jungle Jul 27, 2016, 5:18 PM

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Heya. Was wondering on how to properly use the radius condition from the addaction command. I only really want to set the radius, and not bother with the other conditions, so i was wondering on how to go on about doing that.

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this addAction ["something", "script.sqf", , , , , , ,3];

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do i have to fill in ALL of the conditions before Radius? Or can i leave them empty?

native hemlock Jul 27, 2016, 5:23 PM

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To my knowledge you have to fill them in but you can just use the default values listed here https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addAction

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So you'd do something like

this addAction ["something", "script.sqf", nil, 1.5, true, true, "", "true", 3];

torn jungle Jul 27, 2016, 5:27 PM

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this addAction ["something", "script.sqf", nil, 1.5, true, true, "", true, 3];

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like that?

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oh 😮 you typed it aswell 😃

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ok, will try! Thanks @native hemlock

halcyon crypt Jul 27, 2016, 6:39 PM

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@placid trellis if it compiles then it should work fine. I'm pretty sure that I had something that worked fine and was build with mingw a couple of weeks ago. Are you starting the game with BattlEye? Maybe it's blocking it.. dunno

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I think I did a static build though

placid trellis Jul 27, 2016, 7:08 PM

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@halcyon crypt BE disabled and the same code works with VS. Can you give me the build flags?

halcyon crypt Jul 27, 2016, 7:09 PM

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-std=c++11 -march=i686 -m32 -O2 -s -fPIC -fpermissive -static -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ (that's to compile Intercept)

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and seeing that now, are you compiling it as 64-bit by any chance? 😛

little eagle Jul 27, 2016, 9:24 PM

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It's so retarded that you can't use nil everywhere for commands like addAction compared to functions

pliant stream Jul 27, 2016, 11:18 PM

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nil call { systemChat format ["_this : %1", _this] } talk about retarded shit related to nil...

tough abyss Jul 28, 2016, 4:24 AM

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Is it possible to have "peer to peer" scripts that don't interact with the server without using CBA? If so, where can I read about it? Is it safe for multiplayer, or are there enough security issues that it would be better to just put a bit more load on the server?

Please and thanks. ❤

still forum Jul 28, 2016, 6:23 AM

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Any message to any client has to go over the server so no. You can run a small redirect script on the server that basically calles remote exec on the target client. Srccli ->(remoteexec) server ->(remoteexec) targetcli

thin pine Jul 28, 2016, 7:33 AM

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@Dedmen although not an expert but I'd also assume there's no direct p2p connections, however I believe the internals of arma are already running such a redirect script so no need to write your own. @Kal look at both publicVariableClient and the target owner id parameter of remoteExec....

opaque topaz Jul 28, 2016, 7:50 AM

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can you attach an event handler to the abort button? I think read somewhere that you can't.

thin pine Jul 28, 2016, 9:02 AM

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@opaque topaz Although I've never done it, you should be able to. After googling I found a script that disables the abort button (thus accessing the abort button). The display's idd is 49 and the abort button's idc is 104. To work with the display and the controls the actual pause menu dialog needs to be open, to execute code upon opening of the pause menu use https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Description.ext#onPauseScript

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To attach an eventhandler you can probably just use the normal user interface eventhandlers https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/User_Interface_Event_Handlers or if absolutely needed - https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/buttonSetAction

quiet bluff Jul 28, 2016, 9:23 AM

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I cant make the animation to work

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even in the editor when i preview the mission

young current Jul 28, 2016, 9:39 AM

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Might you elaborate the problem a bit? What animation are you talking about for starters?

quiet bluff Jul 28, 2016, 9:41 AM

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i want that ai will be cuffed an the mission starts

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this playmove "Acts_AidlPsitMstpSsurWnonDnon01";

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doesn't work

tough abyss Jul 28, 2016, 9:43 AM

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@thin pine That should work perfectly, thank you.

thin pine Jul 28, 2016, 10:09 AM

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I very much doubt it but does anyone have a method to retrieve the commandline or otherwise the loaded mods in SQF?

quiet bluff Jul 28, 2016, 10:56 AM

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🤐

queen cargo Jul 28, 2016, 10:58 AM

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@thin pine configBin >> CfgPatches

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to get the actual command line, you need a dll extension

thin pine Jul 28, 2016, 11:00 AM

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ah

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forgot about the patches, the cfgpatches may be good enough....I'm just creating a sort of debugoutput function people can execute to get important info when posting bugs ^^ cheers

quiet bluff Jul 28, 2016, 11:24 AM

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ok it work now

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sleep 0.1; bob playmove "Acts_AidlPsitMstpSsurWnonDnon_loop"; bob disableAI "anim";

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added the sleep 0.1

tough abyss Jul 28, 2016, 11:54 AM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/activatedAddons

activatedAddons

thin pine Jul 28, 2016, 2:04 PM

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I googled and I googled...I searched the wiki but to no avail. cheers torndeco

velvet merlin Jul 28, 2016, 2:19 PM

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retrieve the commandline
is saved in rpt

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i dont think you can reach it with loadFile though => dll extension

thin pine Jul 28, 2016, 2:41 PM

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yeah its okay, the goal was just to get a list of mods, either through a command or perhaps commandline. And I'm writing this code so certain folks don't need to go into RPT 😛 (copyToClipboard)

placid trellis Jul 28, 2016, 2:53 PM

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@marceldev89#4565 Even with these flags still not working... Thank you anyway.

opaque topaz Jul 28, 2016, 3:25 PM

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@thin pine never new about the onPauseScript

shadow sapphire Jul 28, 2016, 3:26 PM

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How can I get my custom difficulty to load with forced advanced flight model?

When I launch any default difficutly, I can get it to force AFM, but whenever I launch with difficulty "Custom" on Windows 2012 R2 server, it says my flight model is standard from the server browser.

opaque topaz Jul 28, 2016, 3:26 PM

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@thin pine also, I tried executing this in debug console but it still wasn't working properly ```
disableSerialization;
waitUntil {!isNull (findDisplay 49)};
_abortButton = (findDisplay 49) displayCtrl 104;

_id = _abortButton ctrlAddEventHandler ["onMouseButtonClick", {diag_log format["Abort: %1", _this]}];
hintSilent str(_id);```

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forgot to say I wrapped it with spawn

thin pine Jul 28, 2016, 3:28 PM

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what does finddisplay 49 return in the watch tab?

opaque topaz Jul 28, 2016, 3:29 PM

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idk actually forgot to debug that hang on...

dusk sage Jul 28, 2016, 3:29 PM

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Probably no display

opaque topaz Jul 28, 2016, 3:46 PM

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ok so I did this now ```
["XON_PFH", "onEachFrame", {disableSerialization;
diag_log str(!isNull (findDisplay 49));
_abortButton = (findDisplay 49) displayCtrl 104;

_id = _abortButton ctrlAddEventHandler ["onMouseButtonClick", {diag_log format["Abort: %1", _this]}];}] call BIS_fnc_addStackedEventHandler;```

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I see false when not in the menu and I see true when I am in the menu

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so it seems to be working as it should

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I'm the editor FYI

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just tried in my server when clicking on abort but I still do not see my message in the rpt

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I don't think attaching an event handler to the Abort control is possible?

dusk sage Jul 28, 2016, 4:05 PM

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What are you trying to do with it

opaque topaz Jul 28, 2016, 4:09 PM

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Remove mission event handler

opaque topaz Jul 28, 2016, 4:37 PM

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wow I'm an idiot I think I can just use BIS_fnc_addStackedEventHandler

velvet merlin Jul 28, 2016, 4:59 PM

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whats the easiest way to test end-game-spectator/BI spectator mode/framework?

thin pine Jul 28, 2016, 5:18 PM

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a3 editor preview -> press ESC -> spectator?

velvet merlin Jul 28, 2016, 5:21 PM

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well i want to do a thorough test - means to watch both AI and a player; infantry and vehicles - find out about all its possibilities and limitations

tough abyss Jul 28, 2016, 8:12 PM

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is there a bug in invade and annex that prevents the FOB from being moved?

tough abyss Jul 28, 2016, 9:31 PM

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also instant objective respawn

native hemlock Jul 28, 2016, 9:35 PM

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That seems like a question for the invade and annex developers

plucky beacon Jul 28, 2016, 10:02 PM

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is

_unit = _this select 0;

    if (( typeOf _unit isEqualTo "B_Helictoper_F") || ( typeOf _unit isEqualTo "B_Pilot_F")) then {
        _unit setPos (getMarkerPos "Aviation");
    };

inside of OnPlayerRespawn.sqf supposed to make a player move to a diffrent respawn point if they're a type of infantry unit?

tough abyss Jul 28, 2016, 11:11 PM

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@native hemlock found the problem. It was me xD I thought the FOB placement was just illogical

tough abyss Jul 29, 2016, 4:54 AM

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Probably a pretty noob question, but what's a clean way to have the game wait to call a script after, say, 10 minutes, without just doing "sleep 600", or a script specifically meant to just wait then check a variable?
I've been wanting to know for general knowledge, rather than a specific problem I have.

A dummy example would be if, say, in my init.sqf, I had a script that told an AI to walk to a point. If he took longer than 5 minutes, it'd hint "Failed!". But I have other scripts I call in the init.sqf that I needed to run after that AI started moving. What's the 'best' way, in terms of usability and performance, to do this?

plucky beacon Jul 29, 2016, 5:36 AM

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You can use waitUntil in combination with https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/scriptDone ?

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What I would do is use the Init.sqf as a root, and branch off other scripts from it. So make a separate file for the whole timer thing, and the results of that timer can be programmed in that specific file handling the AI movement.

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I think I get at what you're doing but using the init to call a separate script is probably your best bet @tough abyss

tough abyss Jul 29, 2016, 5:41 AM

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Ah, darn. I was hoping there was a more elegant way, but at least I know now. Thanks, @plucky beacon, for expanding my knowledg 😃

plucky beacon Jul 29, 2016, 5:43 AM

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If you're using waypoints you can use them in conjunction with triggers. Waypoints can run scripts when they are completed.

opaque topaz Jul 29, 2016, 6:40 AM

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Let's say I have a mod and the mod uses functions that are placed within the class CfgFunctions, when are those functions compiled? At game start or at mission init?

thin pine Jul 29, 2016, 7:56 AM

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@opaque topaz at game start as the wiki functions library page says :)

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You can also make it recompile every mission start if you mess with attributes

halcyon crypt Jul 29, 2016, 8:57 AM

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@placid trellis did you get it to work?

tough abyss Jul 29, 2016, 9:46 AM

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Hello i am looking for someone that knows how too script any one willing too help?

vital onyx Jul 29, 2016, 9:50 AM

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@tough abyss terms?

tough abyss Jul 29, 2016, 9:50 AM

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can we speak in chat ?

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like voice chat

vital onyx Jul 29, 2016, 9:51 AM

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I prefer text, pm

tough abyss Jul 29, 2016, 9:51 AM

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ok

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sounds good with them

blazing zodiac Jul 29, 2016, 10:55 AM

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Anyone have a good way of retrieving someones profileName from their playerUID?

tough abyss Jul 29, 2016, 11:15 AM

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you mean while person is on the server or converting the uid to a name?

thin pine Jul 29, 2016, 11:28 AM

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@blazing zodiac if you want to convert uid to an always up to date steam name you'll need an extension....otherwise you can create a small database with uids and profile names that gets updated every time someone connects...you can retrieve the profile name with https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/profileNameSteam

opaque topaz Jul 29, 2016, 2:50 PM

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@thin pine I was looking on the wiki and couldn't find anything, guess I need to get my eyes checked 😄

urban ocean Jul 29, 2016, 3:29 PM

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Im trying to force unlock some car via script, im doing this in script after his init - [[Car1,false],Lock] call BIS_fnc_MP;

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But it`s not working.

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Can any1 give me the cue ?

normal citrus Jul 29, 2016, 3:38 PM

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@urban ocean wouldn't it be car1 setVariable ["locked",false,true] ? It's either lock or locked, I don't remember. Not near my computer.

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Actually, here you go: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setVehicleLock

urban ocean Jul 29, 2016, 3:44 PM

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Found a way http://pastebin.com/qQ2uVDVi. I wrote that in init.sqf, need this action on every player, on action it should remove my custom action and then some other things.

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Seems it works

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But should i write publicVariable var after every changing ?

normal citrus Jul 29, 2016, 3:46 PM

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No, you shouldn't have to.

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It is already a global variable

urban ocean Jul 29, 2016, 3:56 PM

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Because it`s declared in init.sqf ?

plucky beacon Jul 29, 2016, 4:26 PM

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Init is global

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InitServer is server

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initPlayerLocal is...

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Get this...

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local

dusk sage Jul 29, 2016, 4:26 PM

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You can check the locked state of a vehicle using locked: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/locked

fiery shard Jul 29, 2016, 5:01 PM

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is there a way of checking if an actual mission is loaded before continuing with addon?

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so it doesn't trigger in main menu/editor

blazing zodiac Jul 29, 2016, 7:25 PM

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@tough abyss Converting the UID to a name

urban ocean Jul 29, 2016, 8:06 PM

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Is setVehicleLock and Lock fnc global ? its icon G in wiki, but when im using it on local pc it have local effect

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Should i use it via fnc_mp ?

tough abyss Jul 29, 2016, 8:37 PM

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@blazing zodiac what would you need it for? Why need their steam name?

plucky beacon Jul 29, 2016, 8:48 PM

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@fiery shard do you mean a delayed launch of an add-on?

fiery shard Jul 29, 2016, 8:49 PM

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@plucky beacon well I was worried if it would try to execute in the main menu or something

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rather than not doing anything unless it was inside a real mission

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I guess I could just wait until there are real players present I guess

plucky beacon Jul 29, 2016, 8:50 PM

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@fiery shard kind of a confusing question. What type of mod are we talking about. Like a conversion mod?

fiery shard Jul 29, 2016, 8:50 PM

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server side addon, looks at units during the missoin

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but connects to a database in it's init

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tbh if it's server side maybe I'm worried about a problem that doesn't exist

plucky beacon Jul 29, 2016, 8:52 PM

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I guess you can only know through tests

blazing zodiac Jul 29, 2016, 9:52 PM

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@tough abyss I dont need their steam name neccessarily, I need their arma profileName and its for a stats menu inside my main mission menu

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Actually scratch that, I think I have a way to do it. I'll report back after some testing.

dusk sage Jul 29, 2016, 11:50 PM

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@fiery shard Launch your addon init from the mission on server launch...?

kindred kayak Jul 30, 2016, 3:10 AM

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Is there any way to launch the Server Browser from scripts / RscDisplayMain? e.g. Main Menu programming and Spotlights can open the campaign window (i.e. createMPCampaignDisplay) but would like to link into the Server Browser.

kindred kayak Jul 30, 2016, 3:39 AM

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nvm, figured it out.

tough abyss Jul 30, 2016, 4:05 AM

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@blazing zodiac why don't you just use the 'name player'

blazing zodiac Jul 30, 2016, 4:06 AM

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@tough abyss That's pretty much the approach I'm gonna use, haven't had a chance to test it yet though. Been a very busy day.

tough abyss Jul 30, 2016, 7:46 AM

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I'm using it quite some of my mission, names popping up when entering a command post for authentication

cold rampart Jul 30, 2016, 10:01 AM

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Does anyone know if there's a way to unset camSetTarget, or do you have to create a new camera

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Objnull doesn't work

dusk sage Jul 30, 2016, 10:02 AM

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'unset'?

cold rampart Jul 30, 2016, 10:08 AM

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I'm using a cinematic cam at mission end

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And at a certain scene I use camsettarget on the cam

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but after that I wan't the cam on annother position again but it keeps tracking the target

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Only thing that makes the cam not chase is camSetTarget position

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But that would mean I would have to use that from there on

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where i'd rather just 'unset' the target or disable camSetTarget or how you would name it

quiet bluff Jul 30, 2016, 10:09 AM

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i want to spawn a composition from action manu that i made in the ARES mod how do i do it?

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i have the composition cod from the rtp

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*code

quiet bluff Jul 30, 2016, 10:47 AM

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🤐

thin pine Jul 30, 2016, 11:35 AM

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@cold rampart there are issues with that command....you can try using camSetTarget objNull although in my experience that doesn't always work

cold rampart Jul 30, 2016, 11:35 AM

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Yeah it doesn't seem to

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I just recreated the cam

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Thx though 😃

quiet bluff Jul 30, 2016, 12:02 PM

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i want to spawn a composition from action manu that i made in the ARES mod how do i do it?
i have the composition cod from the rtp
*code

quiet bluff Jul 30, 2016, 12:35 PM

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i managed it to work only on spawn from the editor not via Addaction [position this ,0, call (compile (preprocessFileLineNumbers "comp.sqf"))] call BIS_fnc_ObjectsMapper; any help?

quiet bluff Jul 30, 2016, 1:13 PM

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nvm

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thanks for the "help"

slate vale Jul 30, 2016, 1:32 PM

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guys just a question fast, I am making different spawn locations in georgetown, is this right code? spawnMarker = "georgetownspawn_1,georgetownspawn_2,georgetownspawn_3";

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or does it have to be "georgetownspawn_1","georgetownspawn_2";

distant egret Jul 30, 2016, 1:34 PM

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If its ment to be a array, spawnMarker = ["georgetownspawn_1","georgetownspawn_2"];

slate vale Jul 30, 2016, 1:34 PM

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looks like this https://gyazo.com/38c2cf406ac14c31276b426b08d5d00c

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it never had any [] in it from beginning

distant egret Jul 30, 2016, 1:35 PM

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nah thats just one big string

slate vale Jul 30, 2016, 1:35 PM

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so is it correct?

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because all other ones don't have any brackets

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they only have ""

quiet bluff Jul 30, 2016, 1:36 PM

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it seems i muted here 👌

slate vale Jul 30, 2016, 1:36 PM

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soooo?

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anyone knows if I am writing it correct or not?

distant egret Jul 30, 2016, 1:37 PM

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Is this from an mod or just vanilla arma?

slate vale Jul 30, 2016, 1:37 PM

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vanilla arma

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like it was like that from beginning when I played on altis and it worked fine

distant egret Jul 30, 2016, 1:37 PM

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im trying to get a reference.

slate vale Jul 30, 2016, 1:37 PM

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I changed to tanoa and all i'm doing now is changing the names and stuff

distant egret Jul 30, 2016, 1:37 PM

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ok, well if it works it would be alright 😛

slate vale Jul 30, 2016, 1:37 PM

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here is the altis one I haven't changed yet https://gyazo.com/9e9e963b388e817744329bc6c5fc5a39

distant egret Jul 30, 2016, 1:37 PM

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did you test it?

slate vale Jul 30, 2016, 1:38 PM

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not yet but I don't want to you know ruin everything since I always have bad experiences when my server doesn't work and then it gets confusing

distant egret Jul 30, 2016, 1:38 PM

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yea, just what I though, for each spawn marker you need to make a new class.

slate vale Jul 30, 2016, 1:38 PM

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ok

distant egret Jul 30, 2016, 1:39 PM

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so, georgetownspawn_1 got its own class, georgetownspawn_2 and so does.

slate vale Jul 30, 2016, 1:39 PM

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ok

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ty

quiet bluff Jul 30, 2016, 2:10 PM

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⚾

plucky beacon Jul 30, 2016, 2:33 PM

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baseball?

quiet bluff Jul 30, 2016, 2:53 PM

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just checking that you can see the my message

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becuse i was asking for help and nobody refer to it

open vigil Jul 30, 2016, 6:02 PM

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Just remember, people may not have an answer to your question (or have time or even have noticed it). As such, the Bohemia Interactive Forum is sometimes a better place to ask questions.

slate vale Jul 30, 2016, 8:21 PM

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Guys I got a question, basically I have made a Tanoa Map, I replaced the mission file with the Altis mission file with the Tanoa, and I changed the folder "Altis_Life.Altis" -> "Tanoa_Life.Tanoa". And when I start my server I get setting up client, please wait. So question is is there more stuff I have to change on my files, sqf or anything? Because I have been told I can still use same database and I don't need to change anything with that but I can't get in using my Tanoa mission file.

dull parrot Jul 30, 2016, 9:02 PM

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Looking for someone to review the current status of my project. Someone with extensive experince on larger scale and more complex projects preferred, I can pay for your time. Contact me in a PM to talk about it. TLDR; seeking paid consultant.

halcyon crypt Jul 30, 2016, 10:44 PM

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@quiet bluff https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addAction

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@slate vale you should probably ask the person that told you that 😃

slate vale Jul 30, 2016, 11:01 PM

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Okay, but I got another question then, you know how you let's say you start a new scenario, for example Altis or Tanoa. There is all these buildings (objects) that are already built in there that you can't move. I searched this up and there was a video but it didn't work for me, apparently it has something with hideObjectGlobal to do, now there is these 2 big skycrapers in Tanoa I want to get rid of but I can't, any good tutorial or someone who could help me out figuring that out?

slate vale Jul 30, 2016, 11:23 PM

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According to a video, I must type this in (after a marker) _location=[7111.83,5683.86,0];
_radius=50;
_terrainobjects = nearestTerrainObjects [_location, [], _radius];
{hideObjectGlobal _x} foreach _terrainobjects; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCowVgQMlv8 here is the video to see if anyone could help me and see if i have done anything wrong, would be really appreciated

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maybe someone could test this to see if it actually works or just me doing it wrong

shadow sapphire Jul 31, 2016, 12:10 AM

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How hard do you guys think it would be to script a launch and catch device, like an air craft catapult and wire? Like, just a trigger that thrusts a jet to takeoff speed and can stop it quickly if it lands back inside of the trigger.

vapid frigate Jul 31, 2016, 12:33 AM

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@shadow sapphire I think the Nimitz has that

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbw7YDW6j0E

shadow sapphire Jul 31, 2016, 12:52 AM

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@vapid frigate, yeah, that's very neat! However, I'm looking into a scripted solution as to not require mods for use. Thanks for sharing, though!

@tough abyss, okay, awesome info, thanks!

vapid frigate Jul 31, 2016, 12:54 AM

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I guess the scripting side would just be scaling the velocity

shadow sapphire Jul 31, 2016, 1:31 AM

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Seems that way.

dull parrot Jul 31, 2016, 1:53 AM

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Any Rsc wizards around?

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_display = uiNamespace getVariable "FFDisplay_Label";

_AlphaStatus = _display displayCtrl 1301;
_BravoStatus = _display displayCtrl 1302;
_CharlieStatus = _display displayCtrl 1303;

// Init the display variables
while {ACTION_PHASE} do {
  // set and render?
  // Set images for the point display crtls
  _AlphaStatus ctrlSetText ALPHA_DISPLAY_STATUS;
  _BravoStatus ctrlSetText BRAVO_DISPLAY_STATUS;
  _CharlieStatus ctrlSetText CHARLIE_DISPLAY_STATUS;
  // set flag status based on string stored at global variables
  sleep 1;
  // cut the display
  cutRsc ["FFDisplay", "PLAIN"];
}; // while ```

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I know action phase is true, and I know I have strings stored at those globals...

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I am also very certain those strings link to a image that exists.

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Well, a .paa

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What more would one need to explain why this does nott render a hud that updates as needed

thin pine Jul 31, 2016, 2:22 AM

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@dull parrot You only need to cutRsc once iirc, that'll open up the resource. After which you can mess around. So try moving that cutRsc above the loop (assuming its the same resource)

dull parrot Jul 31, 2016, 2:32 AM

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This helped

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Thank you Sanchez!

shadow sapphire Jul 31, 2016, 2:32 AM

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@tough abyss, thank ya.

dull parrot Jul 31, 2016, 3:18 AM

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I KNOW, 100% that sectorA_blue.paa is a BLUE image.

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I KNOW that my site is Postive 10

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It sets the damn flag texture JUST fine.

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Hell, it EVEN 100% of the time outputs to system chat the CORRECT SIDE, west...

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BUT

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IT ALWAYS, puts the opposing COLOR .paa into the RscDisplay.

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  ALPHA_STATUS = "west";
  ALPHA_DISPLAY_STATUS = "data\images\rsc\sectorA_blue.paa";
  ALPHA_POLE setFlagTexture "\A3\Data_F\Flags\Flag_blue_CO.paa";
  systemChat format ["ALPHA STATUS IS NOW OWNED BY = WEST"];
};

// set ownership of alpha to east and display to red
if (_alpha isEqualTo -10) then {
  ALPHA_STATUS = "east";
  ALPHA_DISPLAY_STATUS = "data\images\rsc\sectorA_red.paa";
  ALPHA_POLE setFlagTexture "\A3\Data_F\Flags\Flag_red_CO.paa";
  systemChat format ["ALPHA STATUS IS NOW OWNED BY = EAST"];
};```

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No other place is this PAA set OTHER than the inital cut, which is a white image.

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Testing it, by changing +10 to RED, and -10 to BLUE

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OUTPUTS THE CORRECT COLOR PAA!~!!!!!! however, double, triple checking my images are red and blue respectivly.

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#whatthefuck?

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if (_alpha isEqualTo 10) then {
  ALPHA_STATUS = "west";
  ALPHA_DISPLAY_STATUS = "data\images\rsc\sectorA_red.paa";
  ALPHA_POLE setFlagTexture "\A3\Data_F\Flags\Flag_blue_CO.paa";
  systemChat format ["ALPHA STATUS IS NOW OWNED BY = WEST"];
};

// set ownership of alpha to east and display to red
if (_alpha isEqualTo -10) then {
  ALPHA_STATUS = "east";  
  ALPHA_DISPLAY_STATUS = "data\images\rsc\sectorA_blue.paa";
  ALPHA_POLE setFlagTexture "\A3\Data_F\Flags\Flag_red_CO.paa";
  systemChat format ["ALPHA STATUS IS NOW OWNED BY = EAST"];
};```

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THAT however works?

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#twilightzone?

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And I am 10000000% sure, my images are correctly labeled, and the correct color.

vapid frigate Jul 31, 2016, 6:01 AM

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maybe it's the way you're using ALPHA_DISPLAY_STATUS

thin pine Jul 31, 2016, 7:37 AM

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@dull parrot coloring of images get fucked if the x or y of your images isn't a power of 2...eg if your images are 200x200 it will fuck up....they'd need to be 256x256 or 128x128.....or 512x128 etc.......can you verify they are?

dull parrot Jul 31, 2016, 7:38 AM

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Yeah, I went with 100x100

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Hmm.

thin pine Jul 31, 2016, 7:40 AM

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Yeah that won't work.......

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Although my experience with this 'feature' has mostly been with transparent images..idk about solid images but I imagine it could be the cause

dull parrot Jul 31, 2016, 7:42 AM

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Well the color is not distorted

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And I can get both a blue and red and white image to display

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Just none at the proper times.

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I am working on a new skeleton using a even driven system

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using a more event driven system, when I come back around to assiging these images I will see if it persist, if so I will look into rezising first.

thin pine Jul 31, 2016, 7:43 AM

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Alright

dull parrot Jul 31, 2016, 7:43 AM

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I also have a mess of loops, and just to much bs... time to re-design. I think somewhere I am overlooking something...

thin pine Jul 31, 2016, 7:49 AM

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Lol I tend to facepalm every six months or so when I've learned a lot and I look back at old code. "I can redesign this to be much more efficient"

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So by all means go for it and good luck

fiery shard Jul 31, 2016, 11:00 AM

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If it's recommneded to avoid spawn how do people handle async operations like waiting for a db to return?

quartz estuary Jul 31, 2016, 11:13 AM

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Hi guys i am using '''call ATH_fnc_Export_Locs;''' to pull the the map location names in a .JSON file. It doesn;t seem to be grabbing all the place names. Am I missing something? Sorry, my code knoledge isnt the greatest.

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'call ATH_fnc_Export_Locs;

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Lol there we go...fail

open vigil Jul 31, 2016, 11:29 AM

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Nice shiny new avatar @tough abyss 👍🏻

crystal zodiac Jul 31, 2016, 12:26 PM

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Is there a way to select ( using nearRoads ) only trade of some kind ?
For example , among the segments found in a area , choose only the highways

distant egret Jul 31, 2016, 12:30 PM

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Get all roads in your area and check if their class names are the same with the onces from a highway.

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?

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Just seen you can't get the class names from roads anymore.

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Then you could use getModelInfo and get the .p3ds to match.

meager granite Jul 31, 2016, 1:20 PM

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Roads never had classname

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Hm, for some reason getModelInfo and even str doesn't show road model, this wasn't the case before

quiet bluff Jul 31, 2016, 1:22 PM

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i want to limit player in certain area if them leave it kill them after 10 seconds

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if there is a way with a trigger and no script that would be great

meager granite Jul 31, 2016, 1:25 PM

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To do anything useful with a trigger you need scripts in act\deact fields too

quiet bluff Jul 31, 2016, 1:28 PM

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oh okey

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any idea?

meager granite Jul 31, 2016, 1:34 PM

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I suck with triggers, I'd do it through location

distant egret Jul 31, 2016, 1:36 PM

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@quiet bluff if I understand you want to kill players in a trigger after 10 sec?

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@meager granite getModelInfo gives you an array of strings.

meager granite Jul 31, 2016, 1:37 PM

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@distant egret I just tried with altis roads and models are always empty as well as debug output through str

distant egret Jul 31, 2016, 1:40 PM

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Yea see it, was testing it my self in a cup map. Works there...

meager granite Jul 31, 2016, 1:42 PM

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@quiet bluff
Condition:

    player in  thisList

On act:

    terminate client_killTimerThread; hintSilent "";

On dea:

    client_killTimerThread = 10 spawn {
        waitUntil {
            hintSilent parseText format ["Get back or you'll die<br/><t size='6'>%1</t>", _this];
            sleep 1;
            _this = _this - 1;
            _this < 0;
        };
        hintSilent "I told ya";
        player setDamage 1;
    };

quiet bluff Jul 31, 2016, 1:42 PM

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@distant egret outside the triger

meager granite Jul 31, 2016, 1:43 PM

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Here's your solution on a silver platter 😃

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Works only for single trigger and local player (No AI or other vehicles)

quiet bluff Jul 31, 2016, 1:43 PM

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thanks sa-matra

meager granite Jul 31, 2016, 1:44 PM

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(Fixed typo)

quiet bluff Jul 31, 2016, 2:03 PM

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it dosen't work

meager granite Jul 31, 2016, 2:03 PM

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You did something wrong then

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Screenshot your trigger setup menu

quiet bluff Jul 31, 2016, 2:07 PM

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http://i.imgur.com/V1Jxm5u.jpg

meager granite Jul 31, 2016, 2:18 PM

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Activation

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Should be everybody

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repeatable probably too

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Not sure what "Type" is, I've used 2d editor menu

quiet bluff Jul 31, 2016, 2:22 PM

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ok that work thank you

tough abyss Jul 31, 2016, 2:33 PM

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Hi guys, I'm having some troubles with a cutscene script and I was directed to this discord here for help. My issue, as it stands, is that when a cutscene plays mid op (Once a trigger fires), is that the cutscene plays fine, but when it's over the screen fades to black and doesn't go back to the player camera.

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If anyone's willing to take a shot at it, I'll post my code.

meager granite Jul 31, 2016, 2:49 PM

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https://pastie.org/

tough abyss Jul 31, 2016, 2:51 PM

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cutscene2.sqf : http://pastebin.com/mdmdJGFa
The trigger which fires: http://pastebin.com/TzQ8PTXX

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If you need to, I'll post camera_work.sqf.

meager granite Jul 31, 2016, 2:53 PM

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Add player switchCamera "INTERNAL"; at the end?

tough abyss Jul 31, 2016, 2:53 PM

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At the end of the cutscene? I've tried it, but I'll give it another whirl.

meager granite Jul 31, 2016, 2:54 PM

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Oh btw if it blacks in, you'll need to remove black screen afterwards

tough abyss Jul 31, 2016, 2:54 PM

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That's my issue, most likely. How can I do that?

meager granite Jul 31, 2016, 2:54 PM

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Wait, its BLACK IN means it removes black screen

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So what exactly happens? It turns black at the end or black disappears?

tough abyss Jul 31, 2016, 2:56 PM

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At the end of the cutscene, the screen fades to black and doesn't return to a player camera or anything. I tried it yesterday, and IIRC, I couldn't get any player input to work either. I'll try that again, though.

meager granite Jul 31, 2016, 2:57 PM

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cutText [" ", "BLACK IN", 3];
Should mean it turns black to normal in 3 seconds

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Something else somewhere makes it turn black maybe?

tough abyss Jul 31, 2016, 2:57 PM

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I'm taking a look. If you'd like, I can post a short video. That might explain something.

meager granite Jul 31, 2016, 2:57 PM

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Anyway, try switchCamera, if it doesn't work you'll need to find where camera is created and do <camera> cameraEffect ["terminate","back"];

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For getting back player control ^

tough abyss Jul 31, 2016, 2:58 PM

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I put 'player switchCamera "INTERNAL";' at the very end, after the last bracket.

meager granite Jul 31, 2016, 2:59 PM

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Before last bracket

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As it end of if (hasInterface) then { code block

tough abyss Jul 31, 2016, 3:03 PM

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Still throwing the issue at me -- this is the last bit of my code

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` sleep 0.1;
};

cutText [" ", "BLACK IN", 3];
"dynamicBlur" ppEffectEnable true;
"dynamicBlur" ppEffectAdjust [100];
"dynamicBlur" ppEffectCommit 0;
"dynamicBlur" ppEffectAdjust [0.0];
"dynamicBlur" ppEffectCommit 4;
player switchCamera "INTERNAL";
}; `

meager granite Jul 31, 2016, 3:04 PM

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You end up with black screen?

tough abyss Jul 31, 2016, 3:04 PM

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https://youtu.be/ZmDkqHkDuoA here's a video.

meager granite Jul 31, 2016, 3:05 PM

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Something else turns screen black apparently

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In camera_work.sqf ?

tough abyss Jul 31, 2016, 3:07 PM

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I'm going to try to remove that last bit, see if that helps at all

meager granite Jul 31, 2016, 3:07 PM

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Also as a side note, why you send introstarted it doesn't seem to be defined anywhere:
introended = true; publicVariable "introstarted";